Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Kennedy worked on the staff of Senator Joe McCarthy's Red-baiting committee--a job arranged by Kennedy's father--he was not, Schlesinger quickly points out, one who loudly accused and named traitors. Kennedy prepared a report calling for the cessation of all trade with mainland China, but says Schlesinger, "it was an able job, its facts well marshalled, its argument well organized, its tone cool." Schlesinger even manages to turn instances in which Bobby defended McCarthy around to Kennedy's advantage, saying the defense came from a "fondness" for McCarthy and an understanding of the old commie...
...Annual President's report of 1973-74, Bok focused on the goals--or "mission" as Kennedy School people like to say--of Harvard's school of government: to train a "new profession" of public servants to hold responsible positions in the government...
...decision to retain its security holdings in Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., considerably weakens the already tenuous policy it has adopted toward investments in companies operating in and lending to South Africa. It also demonstrates the difficulties inherent in implementing the ACSR recommendations set forth as guidelines in the Corporation report of April...
Manufacturers Hanover does not publicly oppose making loans to the South African government if it deems those to be beneficial to the entire spectrum of the society. However, private correspondence leads Harvard to assume the practices of the bank to be consistent with the recommendations outlined in the Corporation report. Harvard would like the community to trust its interpretation of the bank's policy. But it is only beginning to consider the ways in which it will evaluate the banks on a case-by-case basis, and has not yet developed a mechanism for assuring that the banks will indeed...
THERE is nothing in Harvard's present management structure that guarantees it will be aware of any new transactions between the banks and the South African government. Furthermore, the ambiguity inherent in the language of the report allows Harvard to judge a bank satisfactory on the basis of its private statements, disregarding (as in the case of Manufacturers Hanover) the bank's seemingly unsatisfactory publicly stated policy. It also provides Harvard with leeway in its interpretation--strict or loose--of the policy adopted by the bank. Harvard needs to define more clearly its criteria and procedures for evaluating institutions dealing...